Petee b



P. B. LAIRD.

IGE GREEPER.

(No ModelQ) Patented June 9, 1885.

HWENTOR:

I jag BY I ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES z fi N. PETERS. Phclolflhngnphul: Washington D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

PETER B. LAIRD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,729, dated June 9,18 85.

I Application filed February 17, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PETER B. LAIRD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inIce-Creepers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,'forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isa side elevation ofone of my improved ice-creepers,shown asapplied to a shoe. Fig. 2 is a bottom View of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation of a part of the same, taken through the line m,Fig. 2.

Theobject of this invention is to provide ice-creepers constructed insuch a manner that they can be readily applied to and detached from thesoles of boots and shoes, and when attached will remain securely inplace.

The invention relates to an ice-creeper constructed of two elasticwires,connected at their middle parts by a collar or band, and bent attheir ends to form lugs to clasp the edges of the sole and heel, andpoints to engage with the ice, as will be hereinafter fully describedand then claimed.

A B are two elastic wires of suitable size, and which are secured toeach other at their middle parts by a collar or band, C. The arms of thewires A B incline or curve from each other, and the rear arms haveoffsets or shoulders formed in them in such positions as to be at thefront of the heel of the boot or shoe to which the creeper may beattached. The ends of the arms of the wires A Bare bent outward, upward,downward, inward, and then downward to form lugs D to clasp the edges ofthe sole and heel, and points E to takehold of the ice, and thus preventthe wearer from slipping upon the said ice.

With this construction the elasticity of the wires AB allows thecreepers to be readily applied to and detached from the soles of bootsand shoes, and holds them securely in place when applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an improved article of manufacture, an ice-creeperformed of the elastic wires A B, connected at their middle portions andbent outward from said middle portions to form an X-shaped frame, theopposite ends of the wires being bent outward, upward, and downward toform lugs D to clasp the edges of the heel and sole, and points E,substantially as set forth.

' v PETER B. LAIRD. Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDewIcK.

